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London Pensions Fund Authority sets 5% goal for climate solutions investment
LPFA will continue to revise its targets as more guidance is issued and as climate solutions market evolves
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People moves: London Pensions Fund Authority names new CEO
Plus: Former CIO of WYPF joins British Business Bank; People’s Partnership name customer engagement director
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LPFA allocates £250m to pool’s new environmental solutions fund
The investment will go into a newly launched private markets fund focused on decarbonisation
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London Pensions Fund Authority sets plan for net zero goals
The fund’s immediate attention will be on moving its listed equity holdings towards net zero supported by an extensive engagement campaign
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People moves: London Pensions Fund Authority adds to board
LPFA, AllianceBernstein, Ninety One, BennBridge, Loomis, Amundi, PLSA, The People’s Pension, LCP, The Pensions Authority
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Local Pensions Partnership launches climate solutions fund
Local government pension plan investment pool sees ‘secular tailwinds’ for climate solutions investing
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London Pensions Fund Authority produces 12.4% return
Authority to focus on closing funding gap through active liability management
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LPFA appoints Minerva to help strengthen its stewardship role
Minerva will develop a bespoke voting policy for LPFA that aligns with the fund’s net zero objectives and targets
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London Pensions Fund Authority names new CEO
UK – The £3.5bn (€5bn) London Pensions Fund Authority has appointed Mike Taylor to take over from Peter Scales as chief executive.
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UK government pushes for further consolidation of Local Government Pension Scheme pools
The Labour government has laid down the gauntlet for the existing eight pools managing almost £400bn of local government pension assets to consolidate further
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New responsible investment policy gives LPFA ‘greater clarity, direction’
Over 3,000 members – out of more than 97,000 – responded to LPFA’s survey, indicating they identify more strongly with social issues than environmental ones
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People moves: Aegon names new CEO
Plus: Swedish FSA picks head of sustainability; Hymans Robertson makes multiple appointments
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GMPF, LPFA infrastructure fund buys £150m wind farm stake
Partnership with London Pensions Fund Authority makes second investment in renewable energy
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Pension funds warn FCA of revised UK listings rules
Asste owners call on the regulator to listen to investors and retain ‘critical’ shareholder rights
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LPFA reports 75% reduction in listed equity carbon emission intensity
The plan now is to widen its work to add corporate fixed income and more than half of its real estate holdings, responsible investment manager
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Investors call on Rishi Sunak to not backtrack on climate change
IIGCC, PRI and UKSIF, among others, expressed concern with the prime minister’s proposals to ‘backtrack on vital policy measures that support the UK’s transition to net zero’
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Wednesday people roundup
Irish Life IM, NTMA, London Pensions Fund Authority, PensionsEurope, SLI, Amundi, PIC, Insight, Edmond de Rothschild, Berenberg, 4AlphaDrivers
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UK pension schemes should be 'incentivised' for sharing admin – LPFA
London Pensions Fund Authority outlines 30 proposals in new Green Paper.
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LPPI ceo calls on LGPS to accelerate asset pooling
The pool revised projections and is now expecting to deliver net cost savings of more than £200m by 2025, more than £350m by 2030 and more than £500m by 2035